ONLY SEEKING THE EARTH.; THE GRABBERS WHO WANT THE BROADWAY RAILROAD. HOW PHILADELPHIA IS ROBBED BY THE PRECIOUS TRIUMVIRATE--LOCAL LAWS SET AT DEFIANCE.

PHILADELPHIA, April 11.--The people of this city have but one word of advice to offer New-Yorkers in the matter of permitting the Widener-Elkins syndicate to get control of the Broadway Road: Don't. Rather tear up the tracks, abolish forever the franchise, and go back to the old days of the lumbering stage coach... View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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